[Xpilot-hacks] block to polygon conversion

[Uoti A Urpala]

> 	I wrote some code today to convert a block based map to a polygon
> map on the fly. Currently it handles walls and fuel boxes. The idea is
> that the block based server can internally use polygon collision code
> while still using the old protocol to communicate with the clients.

Do you think it's really a valuable addition to be able to convert a
map automatically in the server, instead of using an external script?
I originally had some simple code for that (for testing the first
polygon server versions, before there was a polygon map format), but I
removed it later as I didn't want to code the complete conversion
routines in C. Even if you want to keep around an old-style block
array that can be sent to old clients for compatibility, it would be
easier to include that in the .xp2 map file when needed.